contemporary wooden house

The vacation season is on, and many of us are dreaming of a holiday somewhere – on a beach, in a big city or in the woodlands or highlands. Here’s a cool vacation house to spend a holiday there. This camouflaged among the trees house is called Marysville, and it surprises with its exterior at...

The Wooden House, as it was named, offers a total of 82 square meters of living space and is located in Slovenia. Its design is simple but it’s set in a lovely forest clearing which gives it a beautiful view and plenty of privacy. A characteristic of the house is the fact that it has...

This barn mansion in Orem, Utah, is really one-of-a-kind! This place is big, with 9 bedrooms, 17.5 baths, and 21,998 square feet. The house looks like a real giant barn inside with lots of wooden beams supporting the roof, which have become a part of interior. The décor is rustic, with lots of wood and...

Architecture and interiors firm BarlisWedlick created this eclectic compound designed to suit a client with an idiosyncratic wish list. The main house is constructed from structural insulated panels and clad in charred cedar. Connected to the main house by a narrow bridge, a three-story cedar tower with a sauna at its base recalls a tree...

The owners of this house fell in love with an old barn they saw on their travels and were inspired to build a new house that looked like it. They hired Yankee Barn Homes in New Hampshire to build it for them, with instructions that the focus be on the gorgeous view of the mountains...

This luxurious Norway home with a black façade is 100% authentic and absolutely beautiful! Rustic interiors can boast of retro and Scandinavian touches, which make it perfect for spending winter holidays – it looks like a wooden home from a fairy-tale! Designers decided to keep the atmosphere and decorated the house with trunks, massive chandeliers,...

We got used to see rustic wood clad chalets but this gorgeous chalet by Mlinaric, Henry & Zervudachi in Rougemont, Switzerland isn’t a typical one. This isn’t just rustic, it’s a stylization done in a stylish and chic way. Although there’s a lot of wood in décor, it looks not rough but smooth and beautiful....

DUBBELDAM Architecture recently completed a residential project for a young couple in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The house was called Annex because it originally consisted of two volumes. The new interiors feature an open floor plan throughout, the most notable design feature being a large wooden volume that hides ductwork, storage and a bathroom. On the...

Today I have one more lakefront eye-candy for you, and this is a lakefront weekend home in Massachusetts by Taylor and Miller Architecture and Design. The house is an abstract composition of volumes and forms. A single stacked timber wall serves as both the retaining wall for the landscape and as the primary enclosure for...

This prefab cottage by Kariouk Associates is situated on a private lake in a remote part of Ladysmith, Quebec, Canada. Almost all the interior walls are left unfinished, allowing them to age naturally, the floors however have been clear sealed for extra durability. The walls have either been whitewashed or tiled, as has the floor....